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in 2004 his biography of alexander hamilton won of the inaugural george washington book prize for early american history. ron chernow brings political perspective to the politics of today. listen to his words. president washington, like president obama, enters the office hoping for reasonable and sensible discourse, hoping to enjoy a period of non partisan politics. the two party system emerges rather rapidly from his own cabinet. hamilton and jefferson heading up different wind. like two years there has been a political honeymoon for washington do to his stature but once the attack start in the opposition they are ferocious and relentless. washington is actually accused of being a british double agent all along during the revolutionary war. sound familiar? ladies and gentlemen, let's hear more about george washington from his biographer. join me in welcoming ron chernow. [applause] >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. always a thrill to be here at the miami book fair. in 1789, two months before george washington was sworn in as the first president he received a fascinating let
in 2004 his biography of alexander hamilton won of the inaugural george washington book prize for early american history. ron chernow brings political perspective to the politics of today. listen to his words. president washington, like president obama, enters the office hoping for reasonable and sensible discourse, hoping to enjoy a period of non partisan politics. the two party system emerges rather rapidly from his own cabinet. hamilton and jefferson heading up different wind. like two years...
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hamilton. >> he was a wartime hero. >> he believed that if the state of pennsylvania [inaudible] >> he said you have to call an emergency session of congress and get them into the pennsylvania state house before the soldiers get their we will lose all kinds of jurisdiction and power. >> the market to session was called and the congressman entered the building. they could use the situation to their advantage. >> they could argue that the demonstration was against congress and the federal government's dignity had been consulted. >> they agreed that a pennsylvania did not call off the state militia, congress would lead philadelphia. that was a big threat. >> john dickinson said he will not call up the pennsylvania militia. do you think a man of pennsylvania will take up arms against the very army that was independence? >> congress was forced to adjourn and reconvert on -- reconvene in new jersey. >> congress needed to find a new permanent capital. >> it took many years to decide where to put this capital them somewhat in the york and others want it in philadelphia. >> it was a sectiona
hamilton. >> he was a wartime hero. >> he believed that if the state of pennsylvania [inaudible] >> he said you have to call an emergency session of congress and get them into the pennsylvania state house before the soldiers get their we will lose all kinds of jurisdiction and power. >> the market to session was called and the congressman entered the building. they could use the situation to their advantage. >> they could argue that the demonstration was against...
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hamilton? >> guest: right along with the father and children and slave girls and those two were the first news scandals in the beginning with the founding fathers. >> guest: in the case of alexander hamilton, stephenson, and they discovered -- and james reynolds for the race to sleep with his wife, maria reynolds. the democrat republicans found out about this and then proceeded to defame hamilton and derail his plan to create a national bank with a sex scandal. opening up the boomeranged on jefferson, draft of the story of fathering his own flavor children. what we see here is the filing fathers were not above using sex scandals for political points, part of a long tradition of american politics. >> host: if we were not focused on this we would spend more time on the important issues. we have important issues throughout our country's history and yet people do like to talk about this. >> in the 8 -- early nineteenth century the sex lives of president andrew jackson and thomas jefferson was fair
hamilton? >> guest: right along with the father and children and slave girls and those two were the first news scandals in the beginning with the founding fathers. >> guest: in the case of alexander hamilton, stephenson, and they discovered -- and james reynolds for the race to sleep with his wife, maria reynolds. the democrat republicans found out about this and then proceeded to defame hamilton and derail his plan to create a national bank with a sex scandal. opening up the...
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at >> paul alexander hamilton was the founding father and wartime hero. >> alexander hamilton believed that the state of pennsylvania was the federal debt. >> hamilton said you have to call an emergency session of congress and get them into the pennsylvania state house before the soldiers get their or we will lose all kinds of jurisdiction in power. >> the emergency session was called and the congressman entered the building. >> they could argue the demonstration was against congress in the federal government's dignitaries had been insolvent. >> they agreed it pennsylvania did not call up the state militia, -- they agreed it pennsylvania did not collect state militia, congress would leave. he said i am not going to call up the pennsylvania militia. do you think the men of pennsylvania will take up arms against the very army that won us independence? >> congress was forced to convene in new jersey. it was very controversial. . some wanted it in new york. others wanted it in philadelphia. >> figuring it would not be able to survive without a compromise. -- the union would not be able to
at >> paul alexander hamilton was the founding father and wartime hero. >> alexander hamilton believed that the state of pennsylvania was the federal debt. >> hamilton said you have to call an emergency session of congress and get them into the pennsylvania state house before the soldiers get their or we will lose all kinds of jurisdiction in power. >> the emergency session was called and the congressman entered the building. >> they could argue the demonstration...
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hamilton had pushed through just to get through a tax on whiskey which they do this is the pickle elitist hamilton taxing the thing that would most her the average person and the whiskey rebellion was contrary to popular belief successful in the sense that once that tax expires by eighteen no one sickly how was the federal government clients after that a the for again attempt at a direct tax on the public of well after the civil war eighteen zero one through the civil war during peacetime the federal government financed through to this tariff and the sale of public lands and somehow you know the earth did not break free of its axis and go tumbling into the sun but things aren't doing so well economically here and of course the current taxation system is bearing some of the blame for that right. oh sure we're const older so you know we're under taxed at this country which means we're under insley i mean i don't i don't i don't credit that very much but of course remember even though a lot of people don't necessarily pay like perhaps forty six to fifty percent of people pay regular in taxes
hamilton had pushed through just to get through a tax on whiskey which they do this is the pickle elitist hamilton taxing the thing that would most her the average person and the whiskey rebellion was contrary to popular belief successful in the sense that once that tax expires by eighteen no one sickly how was the federal government clients after that a the for again attempt at a direct tax on the public of well after the civil war eighteen zero one through the civil war during peacetime the...
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. >> congress created the special committee, led by alexander hamilton. >> alexander hamilton was the founding father. war time hero. >> alexander believed if the state of pennsylvania paid the federal government's debt, they would lose power and jurisdiction. >> hamilton said look you have to call an emergency session of congress and get them into the state house before the soldiers get there where we are going to lose all kinds of jurisdiction and power. >> the emergency session was called and the congressman entered the building. now they can use the situation to their advantage. >> they can argue that the demonstration was against congress. and that the federal government's dignities had been insolved. >> that might they called another. >> they believed if the state militia wasn't called, they will bring up pennsylvania. >> this was against pennsylvania. >> he said i am not going to call up the pennsylvania militia. do you think the men of pennsylvania are going to take up arms against the very army that won us independence? >> congress was forced to adjourn and reconvene in new j
. >> congress created the special committee, led by alexander hamilton. >> alexander hamilton was the founding father. war time hero. >> alexander believed if the state of pennsylvania paid the federal government's debt, they would lose power and jurisdiction. >> hamilton said look you have to call an emergency session of congress and get them into the state house before the soldiers get there where we are going to lose all kinds of jurisdiction and power. >> the...
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hamilton and our second president john adams sort of today's republican party it only went through a couple of reincarnations through the whigs and the republicans would fight tooth and nail to make sure that there were no limits on monopolies a policy that would later per provide america with an economic boom and secure its place as a superpower of the world but also a policy that sowed the seeds of today's immense corporate grip on our government but there was one last battle jefferson wanted to fight to make sure his vision of america would be realized and a senator in the united states senate. in eighteen thirteen jefferson and his political rival john adams who'd been the president just before jefferson in fact he was jefferson was his vice president clashed over how senators would be elected to serve in congress at the time it was left to the states and most to crony appointments by governors or elected by state legislatures that often and. former president adams was of the belief that the senate should be comprised of a wealthy elite he was a genuine original conservative he t
hamilton and our second president john adams sort of today's republican party it only went through a couple of reincarnations through the whigs and the republicans would fight tooth and nail to make sure that there were no limits on monopolies a policy that would later per provide america with an economic boom and secure its place as a superpower of the world but also a policy that sowed the seeds of today's immense corporate grip on our government but there was one last battle jefferson wanted...
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at >> paul alexander hamilton was the founding father and wartime hero. >> alexander hamilton believed that the state of pennsylvania was the federal debt. >> hamilton said you have to call an emergency session of congress and get them into the pennsylvania state house before the soldiers get their or we will lose all kinds of jurisdiction in power. >> the emergency session was called and the congressman entered the building. >> they could argue the demonstration was against congress in the federal government's dignitaries had been insolvent. >> they agreed it pennsylvania did not call up the state militia, -- they agreed it pennsylvania did not collect state militia, congress would leave. he said i am not going to call up the pennsylvania militia. do you think the men of pennsylvania will take up arms against the very army that won us independence? >> congress was forced to convene in new jersey. it was very controversial. . some wanted it in new york. others wanted it in philadelphia. >> figuring it would not be able to survive without a compromise. -- the union would not be able to
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now alexander hamilton would walk into these doors of the u.s. house today, he would be absolutely shocked and chagrined at how much liberty we've lost because he never, as a federalist, envisioned the size and scope of government today. i think if you knew what was -- if he knew what was going on today a little over 200 years since the constitution was passed, ratified, he'd be arguing, just like i am today, yet founders, as pthalater laid out in the federalist papers, neither madison nor hamilton would have agreed with the modern day view that there are no limitations whatsoever on congress' power to spend and that general welfare means whatever congress, the president, and the courts says that it means. even those federalists would not agree that we have an open invitation to have whatever kind of government that we want to have. today, no project seems too local or too narrow. which is a big part of why this country is buried in so much debt. $14.5 trillion. then if you look at the finance gap, it's over $200 trillion. powers of congress are
now alexander hamilton would walk into these doors of the u.s. house today, he would be absolutely shocked and chagrined at how much liberty we've lost because he never, as a federalist, envisioned the size and scope of government today. i think if you knew what was -- if he knew what was going on today a little over 200 years since the constitution was passed, ratified, he'd be arguing, just like i am today, yet founders, as pthalater laid out in the federalist papers, neither madison nor...
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he was in correspondence with people, with alexander hamilton stevens of georgia principally who he actually thought for a while might make a good cabinet appointee as he was, you know, i think dreaming that georgia could be held in the union if men like stevens had their way and if stevens maybe got a role in the government. he had known stevens in congress. they served together and they were fellow whigs. and he respected him. by the way, stevens -- you know, in one point writes to him, you know, the constitution -- you have to consider the apple of gold and the frame of silver. lincoln immediately co-ops that and starts writing it himself without any credit. good question about the security. lincoln had a habit of writing private and confidential on all of these letters that we've been talking about. and he expected that -- i guess he expected the gentlemen to keep his material out of the newspapers, but he never wrote anything that would get him into trouble because he did expect that men's like stevens would show his letters to fellow prounion southerners, him people like seward would s
he was in correspondence with people, with alexander hamilton stevens of georgia principally who he actually thought for a while might make a good cabinet appointee as he was, you know, i think dreaming that georgia could be held in the union if men like stevens had their way and if stevens maybe got a role in the government. he had known stevens in congress. they served together and they were fellow whigs. and he respected him. by the way, stevens -- you know, in one point writes to him, you...
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one of the first things george washington did through his secretary of treasury, alexander hamilton, in the new american republic was to establish the credit worthiness of the united states in the family of nations. was a wise thing. it was controversial. thomas jefferson and james madison were not keen on the federal government taking on the individual debts from the revolutionary war for the former county it -- colonies, but hamilton had the wisdom that we would be taken seriously as a player in the international community. we have paid our bills and obligations ever since. the consequences of not raising the debt ceiling, not doing the right thing, and not demagoguing that, are almost too horrendous to complicate -- contemplate, and i fear we could send the global economy back into a recession if we were to do that. the congress, as john boehner said when we first widget he first became speaker, we need to have an adult conversation and act as adults on this challenging subject. host: this tweet -- why not bring the ryan plan to the senate, find out who supports it? guest: i am al
one of the first things george washington did through his secretary of treasury, alexander hamilton, in the new american republic was to establish the credit worthiness of the united states in the family of nations. was a wise thing. it was controversial. thomas jefferson and james madison were not keen on the federal government taking on the individual debts from the revolutionary war for the former county it -- colonies, but hamilton had the wisdom that we would be taken seriously as a player...
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guest: alexander hamilton was an economic genius. relieve the beginnings of our country were very much dependent on his decisions that had to do with taxes, a banking issues, the tariff issues. one of his big issues was the united states had to pay off the debt.tion a waary war jefferson believed and a smaller government and opposed this. that was a big issue in terms of deciding where the federal government would be located. in the sense the south accepted the proposal. the north got the economic program they wanted. tried very hards to reject the debt. there was one moment where they had no debt. there is a brief moment with a pay off the national debt, but national debt has been part of american history since the american revolution. we have only paid for our government through a combination of immediate taxation and long- term debt. host: that brings us to today's headlines in "the washington post." we're talking about compromise today, because that is the subject of the grand prize winner. calller from new york. good morning. ca
guest: alexander hamilton was an economic genius. relieve the beginnings of our country were very much dependent on his decisions that had to do with taxes, a banking issues, the tariff issues. one of his big issues was the united states had to pay off the debt.tion a waary war jefferson believed and a smaller government and opposed this. that was a big issue in terms of deciding where the federal government would be located. in the sense the south accepted the proposal. the north got the...
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. >> secondly, alexander hamilton for here if a minute. [laughter] >> this is an emergency situation. i mean deliberation is going to mean defeat basically. and not that i'm justifying this constitutionally, but this is the dilemma that president's face. are they going to act in a circumstances in which to not act means that you will, in fact, have been defeated? >> was this really an emergency situation? i mean congress went on recess. and obama starting bombing. i mean he had two weeks where civilians were being slaughtered. there was two weeks before, civilians being slaughtered. to me it's not an emergency circumstances. even if it was, he had ample time, two weeks to consult not only the heads of the house and senate, but all members of the congress and seek congressional authorization. i mean this isn't as if we're being attacked. libya in terms of national interest, it's a stretch to say what's going on in libya. i'm not saying that civilian casualties aren't something that we should not be concerned with. but it's not an internatio
. >> secondly, alexander hamilton for here if a minute. [laughter] >> this is an emergency situation. i mean deliberation is going to mean defeat basically. and not that i'm justifying this constitutionally, but this is the dilemma that president's face. are they going to act in a circumstances in which to not act means that you will, in fact, have been defeated? >> was this really an emergency situation? i mean congress went on recess. and obama starting bombing. i mean he...
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hamilton time. it's one of the hallmark of the u.s. financial regime. you don't want to have a debt clock. i mean, it was one thing to have a countdown clock to will the government shutdown? you don't want to have a countdown clock to will america default on its obligations? nobody wants that. it's not responsible. no one should use the credibility of the united states a full credit as a bargaining chip for any policy goal, no matter how sincerely they support that. so i think that does mean that we can assume that people will act responsibly and move forward in extending the debt limit. the second question asked, what can we do to create greater confidence that the united states is going to live within its means, that we are going to put ourselves on a path where added very minimum we stabilize our debt as percentage of income and give them confidence that the debt income will start coming down. and so i think that there's -- the president has felt very strongly that he had to put forward a plan an
hamilton time. it's one of the hallmark of the u.s. financial regime. you don't want to have a debt clock. i mean, it was one thing to have a countdown clock to will the government shutdown? you don't want to have a countdown clock to will america default on its obligations? nobody wants that. it's not responsible. no one should use the credibility of the united states a full credit as a bargaining chip for any policy goal, no matter how sincerely they support that. so i think that does mean...
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they created a special community to deal with this led by alexander hamilton. >> he was a founding father and wartime hero. >> he believed that if the state of pennsylvania paid the federal government's debt, they would lose power. >> he said you have to call an emergency session of congress and get them into this pennsylvania state house before the soldiers get there where we're going to lose all kinds of jurisdiction and power. >> the emergency session was called and the congressmen entered the building to use the situation to their advantage. >> they could argue that the demonstration was against congress and that the federal government's dignities were insulted. >> that night, they called a second emergency session. >> they agreed if pennsylvania did not call up the state militia, congress would leave philadelphia, and that was a big threat. >> it came against the president of the executive counsel of pennsylvania. >> he said i'm not going to call up the pennsylvania militia. do you think the men of pennsylvania are going to take up arms against the very army that won us independence?
they created a special community to deal with this led by alexander hamilton. >> he was a founding father and wartime hero. >> he believed that if the state of pennsylvania paid the federal government's debt, they would lose power. >> he said you have to call an emergency session of congress and get them into this pennsylvania state house before the soldiers get there where we're going to lose all kinds of jurisdiction and power. >> the emergency session was called and...
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this has been established in alexander hamilton's time. it is one of a hallmark of the u.s. financial regimes. you don't want to have a debt clock -- it was one thing to have the countdown clock to weather and the government will shut down, you don't want to have a countdown clock to will america default on its obligations. nobody wants that. no one should use the credibility of the u.s. full faith and credit as a bargaining chip for any policy goal no matter how sincerely they support that. i think that that does mean that we should assume that people will act responsibly and move forward in extending the debt limit. the second question is what can we do to create greater competence with the u.s. and that they will live within their means and they will put ourselves on a path. also giving confidence that it will start coming down. the president has felt very strongly that we had to put forward a plan and there had to be a serious effort to move quickly to consider what could be done. there does create a very big issue which is is there a chance that we can come together on
this has been established in alexander hamilton's time. it is one of a hallmark of the u.s. financial regimes. you don't want to have a debt clock -- it was one thing to have the countdown clock to weather and the government will shut down, you don't want to have a countdown clock to will america default on its obligations. nobody wants that. no one should use the credibility of the u.s. full faith and credit as a bargaining chip for any policy goal no matter how sincerely they support that. i...
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this has been established since alexander hamilton's time and it's one of the hallmarks of the u.s. financial regime. you don't want to have a debt clock. it was one thing to have a countdown clock of will the government shut down. but you don't want to have a countdown clock to will america default on its obligations. nobody wants that. it's not responsible. no one should use the credibility of the united states full faith and credit as a bargaining chip for any policy, no matter how sincerely the support that so i think that does mean that we should assume that people will act responsibly, and move forward in extending the debt limit. second question is what can we do to create a greater confidence that the united states is going to live within its means that we are going to put ourselves on a path where at the very minimum we stabilize our debt as a percentage of income and given confidence that debt as a percentage of income would start coming down. and so, i think that there is -- the president has felt very strongly that he had to put forward a plan and that there had to be ve
this has been established since alexander hamilton's time and it's one of the hallmarks of the u.s. financial regime. you don't want to have a debt clock. it was one thing to have a countdown clock of will the government shut down. but you don't want to have a countdown clock to will america default on its obligations. nobody wants that. it's not responsible. no one should use the credibility of the united states full faith and credit as a bargaining chip for any policy, no matter how sincerely...
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this has been established since the time of alexander hamilton. it is one of the hallmarks of the u.s. financial regime. you cannot want to have a debt clock. it was one thing to have a countdown to the government shut down. you do not want to have a countdown clock on whether america will default on its obligations. nobody wants that. it is not responsible. no one should use the full faith and credit of the united states as a bargaining chip for any policy goal no matter how sincerely the support that. we should assume that people will act responsibly and move forward in extending the debt limit. the second question is what we can do to create greater confidence that the united states is going to live within its means and put ourselves on a path where we stabilize our debt as a percentage of income and have confidence that the ratio will start coming down. the president has felt strongly that he had to put forward a plan and there had to be a serious effort to move quickly to consider what could be done. it does create big issues. is there a chan
this has been established since the time of alexander hamilton. it is one of the hallmarks of the u.s. financial regime. you cannot want to have a debt clock. it was one thing to have a countdown to the government shut down. you do not want to have a countdown clock on whether america will default on its obligations. nobody wants that. it is not responsible. no one should use the full faith and credit of the united states as a bargaining chip for any policy goal no matter how sincerely the...